see|Horde|hörde
was wotd|2007|August|6
English

Etymology
Via Pl. horda#Polish|horda, Russian ordá "horde, clan, troop", from Turkic orda, ordu "camp" (compare urdu). The initial h- first appears in Polish. First attested in English in the 1550s.

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP enPR|hôd, IPA|/h��d/, SAMPA|/hO:d/
italbrac|US enPR|hôrd, IPA|/h��rd/, SAMPA|/hO:rd/
audio|en-us-horde.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)d

Homophones
hoard, whored

Noun
en-noun

1. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
2. A large number of people.

#: We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

Tatar: urda
Turkish: ordu
trans-bottom

trans-bottom

Danish

Noun
horde c (definite singular horden; indefinite plural horder; definite plural horderne)

1. horde#English|horde

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun
horde f, sometimes m (plural horden or hordes)

1. horde#English|horde
2. troop of boyscouts, comprising no more then 24 cubs

Etymology 2

Noun
horde f, sometimes m (plural horden)

a gross sieve
hurdle

1. defn|Dutch

Derived terms
Hordenloop (hurdle-race)

References
Koenen

Category:Dutch nouns

French

Noun
horde f (plural hordes)

1. horde#English|horde

Category:French nouns

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-reg-m|hord

1. horde#English|horde

Category:Norwegian nouns
Category:Turkish derivations

da:horde
et:horde
fr:horde
io:horde
no:horde
pl:horde
ru:horde
fi:horde
te:horde
vi:horde
tr:horde
uk:horde
zh:horde

• 2007-12-30 16:45 - Zeitlupe - rm de (wrong capitalization)

Full Revision History